iPhone Accelerometer Demos?

[3282872]

Haha, yeah I thought about that, but with the frustration that's involved with writing my first cocoa app for a device that doesn't have formal 3rd party application support, I needed something stupid that would make me laugh.

And seriously, this app is nothing great, I feel like it's not worth putting on Installer.app

Hey, it's your first Cocoa app, be proud! I haven't even written one, but I'll check yours out.

 

[shrimpdesign]

Well, he posted the source code:

http://blog.medallia.com/2007/08/iphone_accelerometer_source_co.html

He says:

yes, it is possibly to access the accelerometer directly through UIKit without this hack -- however, you'll be locked to the default sample rate, which is too slow for some of the fun stuff

 

[The General]

I wish he'd post the Steve Jobs bobblehead app... along with the others.

 

[badtzmaru]

people who say things are fake usually lack the skills to pull something off.

 

[yzp]

pretty cool I hope its real

if it's real, it is some realistics!!

verry hawt!

 

[yzp]

pretty cool I hope its real

if it's real, it is some realistics!!

verry hawt!

 

[MacQuest]

Also, why does everyone always assume this stuff is fake??

Because they have no idea how to do it themselves, and it's just easier to lump things like this in with the fake product shots and rumors.

 

[nagromme]

Too cool!

Thanks, grudgnor.

 

[The General]

Balls.app doesn't work for me. It shows the ball, but nothing happens ...

The only way to exit is to restart my iPhone.

 

[QuarterSwede]

I don't think those are real...

But I know the next generation (Java 8) Sony Ericsson Phones with the accelerometers can do the marble game for sure. Pretty amazing what technology can do now...

Actually, accelerometers aren't all that amazing. If you research it you'll find it works very simply, that's part of the beauty I suppose. And writing an app to take advantage of the accelerometer data isn't hard (from what I understand).

 

[grudgnor]

Balls.app doesn't work for me. It shows the ball, but nothing happens ...

The only way to exit is to restart my iPhone.

Sorry to hear that. I'm really not sure what could be causing the problem. Are you building from source?

 

[3282872]

Because they have no idea how to do it themselves, and it's just easier to lump things like this in with the fake product shots and rumors.

No, cause more often than not it's someone making things up to get attention. Example, the dozens of fake 6G widescreen iPods that were floating around last year, or the numerous fake Apple products such as the "iHome" (remember the pictures floating around years ago before a major Apple event with fake "iHome" boxes?). People want attention, and 95% of the time they make things up to get it, just a sad fact of life.

 

[Kingsly]

I want that marble game!!!! IMO, that is the only thing missing from the current iPhones.

 

[j00sh]

balls.app doesnt work for me either
Shows an image of paper and pencils freezes at that. I used WinSCP and put the balls.app into the apps folder and chmod the acceleromterapp file.

 

[SPUY767]

I've been working on an accelerometer app that will time a car's 0-60 acceleration. At present, I'm only able to map Accleration in the y axis as a number taken every second. It has to be plotted in Excel to be meaningful. Eventually, I hope to have code that estimates when you have hit 60 mph based on the accelerometer numbers, and to output that number. If I can get there successfully, I can see myself Perhaps putting in a stopwatch graphic with multi colored hands to represent meaningful MPH/distance marks.

 

[jamesarm97]

I had mentioned a pretty cool idea thought on another thread before these demos came out. They said the chip could only detect x and y but I figured it had to be 3 axis because it is a common chip. I played with the demo called 'Sensors' from the Installer app and it is pretty sensitive and could clearly detect when the phone was face down / face up, rotated left or right or angled. It would be cool to tell when it is in the dock (vertical at slight tilt, maybe can be done with another api that shows it is docked), or when it is completely horizontal as in face down / up or not moving for awhile and if in one of those states, have a notification nag or something that will repeat missed sms or call notifications. Or even better, if not moved in awhile, then moved as in picked up, turn on and notify of missed calls / sms messages. I find myself setting the phone down at home and missing a lot of 'important' sms messages.

- James

 

[prophet8511]

Ive looked at a few websites but I cant seem to understand is this app out or is he just showing what can be done? If its out where cna i get it?

 

[shurcooL]

It's neat to see how different the iPhone landscape was only a few years ago.

I mean, something that seems so simple and we take for granted today, was totally cutting edge news back then.